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1974 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 204

Tags: geometry , minimum , area
Given a triangle $ABC$ with the are $1$. Let $A',B'$ and $C' $ are the midpoints of the sides $[BC], [CA]$ and $[AB]$ respectively. What is the minimal possible area of the common part of two triangles $A'B'C'$ and $KLM$, if the points $K,L$ and $M$ are lying on the segments $[AB'], [CA']$ and $[BC']$ respectively?

2011 Saudi Arabia Pre-TST, 2.2

Prove that for any positive real numbers $a, b, c$, $$2(a^3 + b^3 + c^3 + abc) \ge (a+b)(b + c)(c + a)$$.

2019 Online Math Open Problems, 28

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Let $ABC$ be a triangle. There exists a positive real number $x$ such that $AB=6x^2+1$ and $AC = 2x^2+2x$, and there exist points $W$ and $X$ on segment $AB$ along with points $Y$ and $Z$ on segment $AC$ such that $AW=x$, $WX=x+4$, $AY=x+1$, and $YZ=x$. For any line $\ell$ not intersecting segment $BC$, let $f(\ell)$ be the unique point $P$ on line $\ell$ and on the same side of $BC$ as $A$ such that $\ell$ is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle $PBC$. Suppose lines $f(WY)f(XY)$ and $f(WZ)f(XZ)$ meet at $B$, and that lines $f(WZ)f(WY)$ and $f(XY)f(XZ)$ meet at $C$. Then the product of all possible values for the length of $BC$ can be expressed in the form $a + \dfrac{b\sqrt{c}}{d}$ for positive integers $a,b,c,d$ with $c$ squarefree and $\gcd (b,d)=1$. Compute $100a+b+c+d$. [i]Proposed by Vincent Huang[/i]

2015 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 1

Is there a quadratic trinomial $f(x)$ with integer coefficients such that $f(f(\sqrt{2}))=0$ ? [i]A. Khrabrov[/i]

2005 MOP Homework, 1

Let $n$ be a natural number and $f_1$, $f_2$, ..., $f_n$ be polynomials with integers coeffcients. Show that there exists a polynomial $g(x)$ which can be factored (with at least two terms of degree at least $1$) over the integers such that $f_i(x)+g(x)$ cannot be factored (with at least two terms of degree at least $1$) over the integers for every $i$.

2003 AMC 12-AHSME, 15

A semicircle of diameter $ 1$ sits at the top of a semicircle of diameter $ 2$, as shown. The shaded area inside the smaller semicircle and outside the larger semicircle is called a lune. Determine the area of this lune. [asy]unitsize(2.5cm); defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)+linewidth(.8pt)); filldraw(Circle((0,.866),.5),grey,black); label("1",(0,.866),S); filldraw(Circle((0,0),1),white,black); draw((-.5,.866)--(.5,.866),linetype("4 4")); clip((-1,0)--(1,0)--(1,2)--(-1,2)--cycle); draw((-1,0)--(1,0)); label("2",(0,0),S);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {1}{6}\pi \minus{} \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4} \minus{} \frac {1}{12}\pi \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4} \minus{} \frac {1}{24}\pi\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4} \plus{} \frac {1}{24}\pi$ $ \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4} \plus{} \frac {1}{12}\pi$

2016 IFYM, Sozopol, 3

Let $A_1 A_2…A_{66}$ be a convex 66-gon. What’s the greatest number of pentagons $A_i A_{i+1} A_{i+2} A_{i+3} A_{i+4},1\leq i\leq 66,$ which have an inscribed circle? ($A_{66+i}\equiv A_i$).

2011 AMC 10, 1

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A cell phone plan costs $\$20$ each month, plus $5$¢ per text message sent, plus 10¢ for each minute used over $30$ hours. In January Michelle sent $100$ text messages and talked for $30.5$ hours. How much did she have to pay? $ \textbf{(A)}\$ 24.00\qquad\textbf{(B)}\$ 24.50\qquad\textbf{(C)}\$25.50\qquad\textbf{(D)}\$28.00\qquad\textbf{(E)}\$30.00 $

2023 AMC 10, 20

Tags: counting
Each square in a $3\times 3$ grid of squares is colored red, white, blue, or green so that every $2\times 2$ square contains one square of each color. One such coloring is shown on the right below. How many different colorings are possible?\\ [asy] size(8cm); pen grey1, grey2, grey3; grey1 = RGB(211, 211, 211); grey2 = RGB(173, 173, 173); grey3 = RGB(138, 138, 138); for(int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) { draw((i, 0)--(i, 3)); draw((0, i)--(3, i)); } filldraw((5, 3)--(6, 3)--(6, 2)--(5, 2)--cycle, grey1); label('B', (5.5, 2.5)); filldraw((6, 3)--(7, 3)--(7, 2)--(6, 2)--cycle, grey2); label('R', (6.5, 2.5)); filldraw((7, 3)--(8, 3)--(8, 2)--(7, 2)--cycle, grey1); label('B', (7.5, 2.5)); filldraw((5, 2)--(6, 2)--(6, 1)--(5, 1)--cycle, grey3); label('G', (5.5, 1.5)); filldraw((6, 2)--(7, 2)--(7, 1)--(6, 1)--cycle, white); filldraw((7, 2)--(8, 2)--(8, 1)--(7, 1)--cycle, grey3); label('G', (7.5, 1.5)); filldraw((5, 1)--(6, 1)--(6, 0)--(5, 0)--cycle, grey2); label('R', (5.5, 0.5)); filldraw((6, 1)--(7, 1)--(7, 0)--(6, 0)--cycle, grey1); label('B', (6.5, 0.5)); filldraw((7, 1)--(8, 1)--(8, 0)--(7, 0)--cycle, grey2); label('R', (7.5, 0.5)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }48\qquad\textbf{(C) }60\qquad\textbf{(D) }72\qquad\textbf{(E) }96$

2009 Germany Team Selection Test, 2

Let $ k$ and $ n$ be integers with $ 0\le k\le n \minus{} 2$. Consider a set $ L$ of $ n$ lines in the plane such that no two of them are parallel and no three have a common point. Denote by $ I$ the set of intersections of lines in $ L$. Let $ O$ be a point in the plane not lying on any line of $ L$. A point $ X\in I$ is colored red if the open line segment $ OX$ intersects at most $ k$ lines in $ L$. Prove that $ I$ contains at least $ \dfrac{1}{2}(k \plus{} 1)(k \plus{} 2)$ red points. [i]Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Netherlands[/i]

2019 Tournament Of Towns, 3

There is a row of $100$ cells each containing a token. For $1$ dollar it is allowed to interchange two neighbouring tokens. Also it is allowed to interchange with no charge any two tokens such that there are exactly $3$ tokens between them. What is the minimum price for arranging all the tokens in the reverse order? (Egor Bakaev)

2004 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 1

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At the beginning of a game, I write the numbers $1$, $2$, ..., $2004$ onto a desk. A move consists of - selecting some numbers standing on the desk; - calculating the rest of the sum of these numbers under division by $11$ and writing this rest onto the desk; - deleting the selected numbers. In such a game, after a number of moves, only two numbers remained on the desk. One of them was $1000$. What was the other one?

2017 IMO Shortlist, N7

An ordered pair $(x, y)$ of integers is a primitive point if the greatest common divisor of $x$ and $y$ is $1$. Given a finite set $S$ of primitive points, prove that there exist a positive integer $n$ and integers $a_0, a_1, \ldots , a_n$ such that, for each $(x, y)$ in $S$, we have: $$a_0x^n + a_1x^{n-1} y + a_2x^{n-2}y^2 + \cdots + a_{n-1}xy^{n-1} + a_ny^n = 1.$$ [i]Proposed by John Berman, United States[/i]

2005 Iran MO (2nd round), 1

We have a $2\times n$ rectangle. We call each $1\times1$ square a room and we show the room in the $i^{th}$ row and $j^{th}$ column as $(i,j)$. There are some coins in some rooms of the rectangle. If there exist more than $1$ coin in each room, we can delete $2$ coins from it and add $1$ coin to its right adjacent room OR we can delete $2$ coins from it and add $1$ coin to its up adjacent room. Prove that there exists a finite configuration of allowable operations such that we can put a coin in the room $(1,n)$.

1960 AMC 12/AHSME, 7

Tags: geometry
Circle I passes through the center of, and is tangent to, circle II. The area of circle I is 4 square inches. Then the area of circle II, in square inches, is: $ \textbf{(A) }8\qquad\textbf{(B) }8\sqrt{2}\qquad\textbf{(C) }8\sqrt{\pi}\qquad\textbf{(D) }16\qquad\textbf{(E) }16\sqrt{2} $

1966 Putnam, A1

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Let $f(n)$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of the sequence $0,1,1,2,2,3,3,4, \dots,$ where the $n$th term is given by $$a_n= \begin{cases} n/2 & \text{if } n \text{ is even,} \\ (n-1)/2 & \text{if } n \text{ is odd.} \end{cases}$$ Show that if $x$ and $y$ are positive integers and $x>y$ then $xy=f(x+y)-f(x-y)$.

2022 AMC 8 -, 5

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Anna and Bella are celebrating their birthdays together. Five years ago, when Bella turned $6$ years old, she received a newborn kitten as a birthday present. Today the sum of the ages of the two children and the kitten is $30$ years. How many years older than Bella is Anna? $\textbf{(A)} ~1\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~2\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~3\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~4\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~5\qquad$

2019 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 1

For a positive integer $m$ we denote by $\tau (m)$ the number of its positive divisors, and by $\sigma (m)$ their sum. Determine all positive integers $n$ for which $n \sqrt{ \tau (n) }\le \sigma(n)$

2022 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 2

Compute the number of ways to color $3$ cells in a $3\times 3$ grid so that no two colored cells share an edge.

2011 Estonia Team Selection Test, 5

Prove that if $n$ and $k$ are positive integers such that $1<k<n-1$,Then the binomial coefficient $\binom nk$ is divisible by at least two different primes.

2000 Moldova Team Selection Test, 8

Let $n$ be a positive integer and let $(a_1,a_2,\ldots ,a_{2n})$ be a permutation of $1,2,\ldots ,2n$ such that the numbers $|a_{i+1}-a_i|$ are pairwise distinct for $i=1,\ldots ,2n-1$. Prove that $\{a_2,a_4,\ldots ,a_{2n}\}=\{1,2,\ldots ,n\}$ if and only if $a_1-a_{2n}=n$.

2014 Saudi Arabia IMO TST, 3

We are given a lattice and two pebbles $A$ and $B$ that are placed at two lattice points. At each step we are allowed to relocate one of the pebbles to another lattice point with the condition that the distance between pebbles is preserved. Is it possible after finite number of steps to switch positions of the pebbles?

2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 23

Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram with $AB=8$, $AD=11$, and $\angle BAD=60^\circ$. Let $X$ be on segment $CD$ with $CX/XD=1/3$ and $Y$ be on segment $AD$ with $AY/YD=1/2$. Let $Z$ be on segment $AB$ such that $AX$, $BY$, and $DZ$ are concurrent. Determine the area of triangle $XYZ$.

1986 AMC 12/AHSME, 28

Tags: geometry
$ABCDE$ is a regular pentagon. $AP$, $AQ$ and $AR$ are the perpendiculars dropped from $A$ onto $CD$, $CB$ extended and $DE$ extended, respectively. Let $O$ be the center of the pentagon. If $OP = 1$, then $AO + AQ + AR$ equals [asy] size(200); defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)+linewidth(.8pt)); pair O=origin, A=2*dir(90), B=2*dir(18), C=2*dir(306), D=2*dir(234), E=2*dir(162), P=(C+D)/2, Q=C+3.10*dir(C--B), R=D+3.10*dir(D--E), S=C+4.0*dir(C--B), T=D+4.0*dir(D--E); draw(A--B--C--D--E--A^^E--T^^B--S^^R--A--Q^^A--P^^rightanglemark(A,Q,S,7)^^rightanglemark(A,R,T,7)); dot(O); label("$O$",O,dir(B)); label("$1$",(O+P)/2,W); label("$A$",A,dir(A)); label("$B$",B,dir(B)); label("$C$",C,dir(C)); label("$D$",D,dir(D)); label("$E$",E,dir(E)); label("$P$",P,dir(P)); label("$Q$",Q,dir(Q-A)); label("$R$",R,dir(R-A)); [/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1 + \sqrt{5}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 2 + \sqrt{5}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5 $

2023 AMC 12/AHSME, 5

Tags: probability
Janet rolls a standard 6-sided die 4 times and keeps a running total of the numbers she rolls. What is the probability that at some point, her running total will equal 3? $\textbf{(A) }\frac{2}{9}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{49}{216}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{25}{108}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{17}{72}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\frac{13}{54}$